It looks like maybe a collage of old photographs? Memorial stuff, family photos? Un-photoshopped remnants of what was going on before the picture got awesome?
All of the other reindeer USED to laugh and call him names. Then Rudolph got so pissed he stole a truck and ran down Comet. No one makes fun of him now.
martini – I can say with some degree of assurance that you definitely were not my art history prof. in college. She had no discernible sense of humor, and you are way too damn funny! (Incidentally, what are your thoughts on the roadkill aesthetic?)
This seller’s “goth greeting cards” are incredibly infantile…”Ghoulish Greetings”? On a Christmas card?
ps–the seller claims that the large sized original work of “art” has been featured in galleries, and is now being offered for sale at $750. Um. If it’s actually hung on the wall in a bunch of galleries as claimed (cough, bullshit, cough), wouldn’t you think she would have gotten the hint by now that no. one. wants. that. shit.?
‘Godbless Prancer, for he shall be missed. Who would have thought walking home that night from the bar, after much merryment and beer and hookers, a truck would come and run over his neck (?) and splatter his little deer guts all over the road’
‘and then some chick would take a photograph and then attempt to paint it and I call bullshit on the galleries thing too’
artist says- “please note I am a vegetarian and love animals. These paintings in no way reflect a hatred of animals”
what the? then WHY oh why paint a picture of roadkill…that’s like saying, I love people, but I am going to paint a picture of this car accident with the guy’s head going through a windshield and decapitating him.
“These cards will be a hit for any fan of Burton’s work since they are whimsical and spooky. These cards are secular so will work for everyone, even wiccans!”
Since when are CHRISTmas trees and Santa hats secular?
overheard at the viewing
“you know he really looks good, poor fella. so peaceful. almost like he’s sleeping”
“we were gonna bury him w/grandpa’s pocket watch, but you know. no pockets.”
“he always said ‘when i go, no fuss, just put me in the ground,’ but i think he would’ve appreciated the turn out.”
“so, yeah. coffee and cookies in the lobby?”
I think the only gallery this might have been hung in is a shooting gallery.
That being said, this may be my favorite of all time, especially the view in a room!
Artwork from: ‘The Limited Edition Roadkill Series’ paint by number set. This month, in time for Christmas, it’s deer. Next month…badger. Fun for the whole family!
Hadn’t considered the photo on the easel beside the casket…you are creative HK. I was torn between the painting over the mantle at the neighborhood Christmas Cookie Swap and artwork at the upscale vegan restaurant.
December 9, 2009 at 3:59 pm
BWAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAA! The best View in a Room EVER!
December 9, 2009 at 4:00 pm
“Features in galleries” ? Now, you know that’s bullshit.
December 9, 2009 at 4:02 pm
o.m.g! classic.
December 9, 2009 at 4:02 pm
What’s that on the postcard near Santa’s butt? I can’t zoom in!
December 9, 2009 at 4:03 pm
LOL’ed at the view.
features=featured..fuck
December 9, 2009 at 4:05 pm
LMFAO!! This is priceless!!
December 9, 2009 at 4:10 pm
awww, that service was nice though, I was there.
December 9, 2009 at 4:12 pm
Waaaaaahooooooo!
Thanks, Helen!
December 9, 2009 at 4:12 pm
#4 hammerhead77 :
It looks like maybe a collage of old photographs? Memorial stuff, family photos? Un-photoshopped remnants of what was going on before the picture got awesome?
Standard issue whimsicle fuckery, basically
December 9, 2009 at 4:17 pm
All of the other reindeer USED to laugh and call him names. Then Rudolph got so pissed he stole a truck and ran down Comet. No one makes fun of him now.
December 9, 2009 at 4:19 pm
i like more detail in my roadkill art.
December 9, 2009 at 4:23 pm
Wow Helen…you’re too much. You gotta stop giving us what we ask for! We’ll turn into…man, anything I was gonna say we’ll turn into, we already are!
December 9, 2009 at 4:24 pm
Thank you Helen… I guess we should be careful what we ask for… =D
December 9, 2009 at 4:25 pm
addios – thanks again for the eagle eyes. I thought it was some subtle piece of fuckery added from here! I was going all Where’s Waldo on that thing.
Well, now, don’t I just look like a dirty little vixen checking out Santa’s butt… (Damn you, Helen!)
December 9, 2009 at 4:28 pm
#4 hammerhead77 : #9 addiosix : You know… first rut… the stag party in Vegas…
December 9, 2009 at 4:29 pm
Excellent.
December 9, 2009 at 4:30 pm
cannot wait for the view it in a room site… Helen, you are the coleslaw!!
December 9, 2009 at 4:31 pm
yeah I call bullshit on the galleries comment
December 9, 2009 at 4:32 pm
just in time for hunting season.
December 9, 2009 at 4:34 pm
Pikachu??? Noooooo……….
December 9, 2009 at 4:36 pm
Sheesh, you’d think Santa would wear something a little more somber for a funeral.
That guy is always *on*.
December 9, 2009 at 4:36 pm
6th Roadkill? Does she run over them on purpose to paint the gore?? Best’View It In A Room’ yet!
December 9, 2009 at 4:37 pm
martini – I can say with some degree of assurance that you definitely were not my art history prof. in college. She had no discernible sense of humor, and you are way too damn funny! (Incidentally, what are your thoughts on the roadkill aesthetic?)
December 9, 2009 at 4:38 pm
OMG that view in a room is hysterical!
December 9, 2009 at 4:46 pm
Thanks Helen, you’re cooler than Electra Woman and Dyna Girl rolled into one!
December 9, 2009 at 4:47 pm
This seller’s “goth greeting cards” are incredibly infantile…”Ghoulish Greetings”? On a Christmas card?
ps–the seller claims that the large sized original work of “art” has been featured in galleries, and is now being offered for sale at $750. Um. If it’s actually hung on the wall in a bunch of galleries as claimed (cough, bullshit, cough), wouldn’t you think she would have gotten the hint by now that no. one. wants. that. shit.?
December 9, 2009 at 4:47 pm
#23 hammerhead77 : Sorry hammer… I am not an advocate of the Bambi vs. Kenworth/Splatter Painting aesthetic…
December 9, 2009 at 4:52 pm
@#27 Martini: You’re not into Asphalt Expressionism?
December 9, 2009 at 4:53 pm
Totally agree with #1. Most awesome View in a Room ever ever ever! And, the best laugh I’ve had in days.
December 9, 2009 at 4:56 pm
The mortician did a great job!
December 9, 2009 at 4:58 pm
#27 – Ha! I see just a lil’ touch o’ Goya, myself.
“Dodge Ram Devouring Doe”
December 9, 2009 at 4:58 pm
#15 martini :
‘Godbless Prancer, for he shall be missed. Who would have thought walking home that night from the bar, after much merryment and beer and hookers, a truck would come and run over his neck (?) and splatter his little deer guts all over the road’
‘and then some chick would take a photograph and then attempt to paint it and I call bullshit on the galleries thing too’
December 9, 2009 at 5:00 pm
#28 Skully : Marginally… I prefer Fauvism…
December 9, 2009 at 5:01 pm
#14 hammerhead77 :
My pleasure
(we both totally checked out Santa’s butt)
December 9, 2009 at 5:03 pm
#30 hammerhead77 : You are sleighing me…
December 9, 2009 at 5:19 pm
by galleries, I think the artist means “mom’s basement, where I live”
December 9, 2009 at 5:29 pm
That’s what happened when Mrs. Claus found Vixen on Santas South Pole. The view in room is classic!
December 9, 2009 at 5:37 pm
OMG!!!! The pic in the room is just perfect! I laughed so hard, hubby thought something was wrong with me. HAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!
December 9, 2009 at 5:38 pm
He looks so natural in the casket, as if he were sleeping.
December 9, 2009 at 5:41 pm
Someone needs to email mixedspecies with this OOAK room.
December 9, 2009 at 5:54 pm
you’ve outdone yourself this time, helen. brilliant.
December 9, 2009 at 6:01 pm
I wonder how they knew he was Christian? Was he uncircumcised?
December 9, 2009 at 6:22 pm
artist says- “please note I am a vegetarian and love animals. These paintings in no way reflect a hatred of animals”
what the? then WHY oh why paint a picture of roadkill…that’s like saying, I love people, but I am going to paint a picture of this car accident with the guy’s head going through a windshield and decapitating him.
i guess i’m “not so raven” cuz i don’t get it.
December 9, 2009 at 6:53 pm
Now this is how you paint Roadkill! http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=5067551 I think his stuff is really good!
December 9, 2009 at 6:55 pm
and when everybody is gone Santa will hack off Blitzen’s hoof and use it to store his whimsicles in.
December 9, 2009 at 7:16 pm
Excellent! Today was a banner day for views in rooms. Thanks for the laughs.
December 9, 2009 at 7:30 pm
That is so sad, dude. Why anyone would take pictures of/paint roadkill is just weird.
December 9, 2009 at 7:47 pm
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_2&listing_id=36336269
“These cards will be a hit for any fan of Burton’s work since they are whimsical and spooky. These cards are secular so will work for everyone, even wiccans!”
Since when are CHRISTmas trees and Santa hats secular?
December 9, 2009 at 7:51 pm
regretsy transformation complete – i see no less than 3 vagoos in the roadkill bloody wreckage. my mom would be so proud…
December 9, 2009 at 7:51 pm
#48 sudabaki :
She totally dropped the W-bomb. Whimsicles in the hizzle.
December 9, 2009 at 7:55 pm
Helen, You Are The Best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 9, 2009 at 7:56 pm
to #49: LMFAO
December 9, 2009 at 8:09 pm
Thank goodness we have prison art programs so these people can have some creative outlets for their inner demons. . . .
#28 Skully: Asphalt Expressionism! Oh, how I LOL’d.
December 9, 2009 at 8:23 pm
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December 9, 2009 at 8:44 pm
OMG, that room was awesome! So freakin’ hilarious!
December 9, 2009 at 8:45 pm
#50 addiosix : If she’d have spelled it right I might have bought them for all the Wiccans on my holiday card list.
December 9, 2009 at 9:16 pm
OK, my first out loud guffaw at “View it in a Room”, I’ve been able to suppress the giggles into my bowels until now.
December 9, 2009 at 9:20 pm
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December 9, 2009 at 9:21 pm
Helen Killer you slay me — view in a room is to die for!
Brilliant! Simply brilliant commentary on horrible crap!
December 9, 2009 at 9:32 pm
http://www.honda50.cc/gallery/data/media/36/DSCN0957.JPG
If you look real close, there’s a huge condomn attached to the back..ready for anything, painting, sex, painting about sex. Oh, and yes, road kill
December 9, 2009 at 9:40 pm
Brilliant view in a room!
Santa looks like he has boobs. =)
December 9, 2009 at 9:52 pm
Co-workers’ romance gone wrong: after a heated argument, Vixen ran Blitzen over with her Jeep. She had the praying mantis flag on the roof…
December 9, 2009 at 10:14 pm
VGB- What’s a condomn?
December 9, 2009 at 10:17 pm
Dear Raven,
If you could come down $749.50 on your price, we might have a deal. I say *might* because I’d like you to throw in the cost of shipping, too.
Yr Pal,
MD
PS–could you please insure the piece for the full asking price (which I assume is the appraised value)? I’d hate for it to get lost or damaged.
December 9, 2009 at 10:38 pm
Hang it in your kitchen to remind you where dinner came from.
December 10, 2009 at 12:54 am
what wait. There are five more of these.
And the Tate wasn’t interested?
December 10, 2009 at 1:24 am
@#65 creepydolls
Or if you’re dieting.
December 10, 2009 at 7:11 am
Helen, how do you do it? You’re awesomeness boggles my mind. I have a girlcrush on you
December 10, 2009 at 7:14 am
This deer appears to have a silent film villain-style pencil moustache.
December 10, 2009 at 8:08 am
#67 rodgershrubber – Goes well with the 30 Days Diet Wall Art.
You put roadkill on wall, then you will see the magical result.
December 10, 2009 at 8:08 am
I want to buy a print of this View it in a Room.
December 10, 2009 at 8:25 am
overheard at the viewing
“you know he really looks good, poor fella. so peaceful. almost like he’s sleeping”
“we were gonna bury him w/grandpa’s pocket watch, but you know. no pockets.”
“he always said ‘when i go, no fuss, just put me in the ground,’ but i think he would’ve appreciated the turn out.”
“so, yeah. coffee and cookies in the lobby?”
December 10, 2009 at 9:03 am
I think the only gallery this might have been hung in is a shooting gallery.
That being said, this may be my favorite of all time, especially the view in a room!
December 10, 2009 at 9:11 am
@ninjagato
Damnit…too much egg snog.
At lease I tried.
December 10, 2009 at 9:17 am
Little Red riding Hood ran over the big bad wolf…
That’s what I’m gettin.
Took me a while but I knew something was bothering me.
December 10, 2009 at 1:39 pm
thank god for Regretsy. I think I just pulled a muscle in my ribcage from laughing. Definitely best View It In A Room yet.
December 10, 2009 at 1:56 pm
Good one Helen!
Hey how do you attach a picture to your id here?
December 10, 2009 at 2:31 pm
Artwork from: ‘The Limited Edition Roadkill Series’ paint by number set. This month, in time for Christmas, it’s deer. Next month…badger. Fun for the whole family!
December 10, 2009 at 2:55 pm
Best view it in a room ever!!!!! Thanks Helen!!!!
December 10, 2009 at 3:22 pm
Hadn’t considered the photo on the easel beside the casket…you are creative HK. I was torn between the painting over the mantle at the neighborhood Christmas Cookie Swap and artwork at the upscale vegan restaurant.
December 10, 2009 at 10:25 pm
I can invision this gracing the wall of almost any fine eating establishment called Road Kill-Road Kill Inn, Road Kill Grill, whatever.
PussDaddy
December 13, 2009 at 3:12 pm
um. since when is 30×23 huge?